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Water and Sanitation
Gauteng water shortages: Department/Rand Water briefing; Water Boards on 2014 Annual Reports
25 Feb 2015
Three water boards appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation regarding their 2013/14 annual reports and related matters.
The Rand Water Group informed the Committee that its area of operation had been extended and now included 27 new local councils in Gauteng, Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga and the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Progress report on air pollution hotspots; Committee Programme; Meeting with delegation from Norway
24 Feb 2015
The Committee met for the first time this year to discuss a number of in-house matters including the adoption of an outstanding set of minutes, the draft Committee programme for the first term and a draft oversight report to the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces on air quality hotspots conducted last ...
Water and Sanitation
Implications of State of the Nation Address for the water and sanitation sector: Departmental briefing
18 Feb 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) gave a presentation to the Committee on the implications of the State of the Nation Address and the impact it had on the water and sanitation sector. The Department understood the SoNA was a reflection on the year that had passed and determined ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and sanitation on 1st Quarter Performance, with Deputy Minister
17 Sep 2014
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), with the attendance of the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on its first quarter review. The comprehensive presentation was divided between looking at a summary of the Departments performance, main account performance per programme and performance per programme for the Water Trading Entity ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
South African National Parks & iSimangaliso Wetland Park on their mandate, objectives and challenges as well as envisaged Legislation, with Minister
16 Sep 2014
The Committee, with the Minister of Environmental Affairs in attendance, was briefed by the South African National Parks (SANParks) and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park on the mandate, objectives and challenges relating to these entities. The objective of the meeting was for Members to get a better understanding on what it ...
Water and Sanitation
Audit Reports as oversight tools: Office of the Auditor-General briefing
10 Sep 2014
The Committee’s initial programme was to receive a briefing on the first quarterly review of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) by the Auditor General (AGSA). The Management Committee (MANCO) had then been informed that the AGSA had not even started on the review, and had just concluded the ...
Water and Sanitation
Water pricing strategy and proposed water tariff increases: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing
27 Aug 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on their water pricing strategy and proposed tariff increases. Before the presentation was delivered, there were a number of outstanding issues which the Department addressed from the Committee’s previous meeting. These issues related to fines against polluters and ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Poaching and Climate Change: briefing by Minister of Environmental Affairs
19 Aug 2014
The Minister of Environmental Affairs gave a briefing on rhino poaching and on climate change in relation to the 2012 Doha Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Committee was also expecting a briefing on the crafting of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation briefing on Presidential Proclamation No. 43 of 2014; Committee Programme
30 Jul 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Presidential Proclamation Number 43 which outlined the transfer of the function of sanitation from the Department of Human Settlements to DWS. The briefing covered terms of references and public service regulations, governance structures and functions of the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Bill: consideration of NCOP amendments, with the Minister; Committee Programme
29 Jul 2014
The Committee met to discuss its programme for the upcoming terms of Parliament, the minutes of proceedings at the previous meeting, the issue of rhino poaching and the amendments to the Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Amendment Bill.
The meeting started with a discussion around an issue that had been brought ...